SCARBOROUGH GIFT CARD 2020-2023

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Scarborough Gift Card is a partnership between ourselves, the local authority, Scarborough Chamber of Commerce, NYLEP and  The  Brunswick Centre.

The program is operated by a 3rd party, Town and City Gift Cards that runs successful schemes all across the UK and is marketed by the local authority.

We have put additional resource in to help businesses sign-up to the scheme and market the card and run competitions via Love Yorkshire Coast.

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Funding Info

The gift card is being phased to ensure that the town centre area is saturated before expanding to the periphery areas. Still, we are urging all BID businesses to complete the sign up below.

You don’t need any other equipment other than your normal PDQ machine, and no fees are passed onto you.  

Residents and visitors can purchase a gift card online or from The Brunswick from a card dispensing machine and then spend their cards in the participating businesses.  

So long as you take card payments, you can take part.

In 2021, we upgraded the scheme to allow people to buy the cards online and gift to people via digital wallets.

Benefits

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BUSINESSES

Gift Cards act like pre-paid Mastercards, so can be taken by registered businesses easily with no changes to existing systems.

By accepting the card, you help keep spend in the area circulating back through local stores.

Gift cards lock in spend and because they have to be redeemed in store, are great footfall drivers.

Photography, PR and marketing opportunities are available.

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COMMUNITY

A way to support local businesses by buying the cards and spending back, in stores locally.

An easy gift idea for family and friends.

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INVESTMENT

SCARBOROUGH FUND:  

OUR INITIAL INVESTMENT:  £20,000

NY LEP:  £10,000

LOCAL AUTHORITY:  £20,000

BRUNSWICK:  £7,500

We contributed a further £4,500 to cover the digital upgrade

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